Amanda Benson

EDE 4940.011 Final Internship

Cooperating Teacher Observation 3
Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Lesson Plan & Implementation: Reflection and Analysis

Reflection:
Overall, I felt pretty confident teaching this lesson on adding and subtracting
mixed numbers with unlike denominators to my fifth grade class. One thing that surprised
me the most was the significant increase in engagement when using the technology tool
of the Kahoot in this lesson. When reflecting back to my video recording of my lesson I
saw that every student was focused and actively working on his or her Kahoot question at
the twenty-one minute mark. If I had to teach this lesson again to the same group of
students, one thing I would keep the same is using the two opening questions at the
beginning of the lesson in order to give the students a quick review before starting the
activities planed. This quick review allowed the students to think about the steps you
have to take in order to add or subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators as well
as cleared up the misconception of adding or subtracting unlike denominators. This
review prepared the students to borrow from the whole number if needed which increased
the likely hood for the students to succeed for this lesson. Another thing I would keep the
same in this lesson is the differentiated ticket out the door assessment as the end of the
lesson. This differentiated assessment allowed the students to answer a specific question
based on their skill level for adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Having a ticket out
the door assessment also ensures that the students are held accountable for their own
learning. One thing I would change for this lesson if I had the opportunity to teach it
again to the same group of students would be to add a turn and talk question asking the

students to give examples of key words that indicate when to use addition to solve a
problem versus key words that indicate when to use subtraction to solve a problem.

Analysis:
Overall, 17 out of 22 students learned what was intended for them to learn for this
lesson on adding and subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators. I can account
for this learning by these students Kahoot scores, and ticket out the door assessment. My
instructional material of using the Kahoot was effective because after every question
answered by the students a bar graph was provided with the amount of correct answers
versus the amount of incorrect answers and showed the exact amount of which answers
were chosen. This immediate feedback allowed me to analyze the students responses
right on the spot and give them specific feedback either as to why they may have picked
the incorrect answer or to justify the reasoning for the right answer. This feedback
allowed me to clear up misconceptions and common errors during the lesson. My
teaching method of pulling a small group to the back of the classroom was effective
because it allowed the struggling students to receive direct teacher guidance in order to
comprehend the objective of the lesson for that day.
The students who struggled in todays lesson were Y.H, K.G, E.P, T.N, and E.S. I
can account for this performance by these students ticket out the door assessment. Each
one of these students did not receive full credit for their assessment because they were
unable to identify which operation to use for the problem. Each student used addition for
his or her operation when subtraction should have been the operation used. Because these
students understood how to add or subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators and
only made a common mistake of using the incorrect operation sign I decided to just give

a review question at the beginning of the next class identifying why we were using
subtraction instead of addition for that specific problem. The students who did
exceptionally well in todays lesson were A.H, C.K, M.M, C.J.R, L.C, A.C, I.F, D.N, A.D,
A..T, E.K, H.S, E.B, H.F, K.O, and E.K. I can account for this performance by these
students Kahoot scores and their ticket out the door assessment. Every student answered
at least 8 out of 10 question accurately on the Kahoot activity and received a 100% of the
ticket out the door assessment. These students were fully engaged the entire lesson and
had no trouble finding a common denominator to add or subtract mixed numbers. Based
on what happened today, my next step is to implement using math manipulatives in my
future lessons.

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